New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09
LADY PINKERTON'S JEWELS.

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journey. Very valuable. No cline as yer; SEND
! down Competent man Mt once to assist local police
| -AIGERXoN WADE, Adan Castle, Darnley, North
| unberland." 49, -. ::
So ran the message 1t did not afford much in
formation aud did seem as II there were very
! much chance OF recovering the stoien proPeLV'
However, il perhaps too soon 10 ]udec Oh Ina..
Iteleerapbed TO Sir AlgcrnOn Wade, who, as I'M
| derstood was Lady PnkertOn's host for the pres
ent asking that description the misslu * hs
description shOuld be printed and circulated alIqns
the pawnbrokers of tho metropolis ana the 1 ,
large towns of the country without Decay delay iIes st
ont for Kings Cross, ana was sooh vi NY WY ~
the north. soo.;rot;or
but | began at once 10 make some inquiries
First of all l saw Lady P9ker ton hetSe, IL
Her story was very soon told. The set o Oh
diamonds which had been stolen, consisted
of a necklace, pendant, tiara. and earrings;
The stones were very fine ones-worth, she had
been told at c1st six thousand pounds. Her en-
gagements had compelled her, she said, to trayel
down from London by night. Her husband Deing
in Scotland she was attended only by her malu,
who travelled in the compartment IA second class
one) next to that in which Lady Pinkerton hsrsell
performed the journey. Before leaving town she
had given the jewe-case to her maid, reminding
her as she did so Of the value of the gems when
we're entrusted to her. and charging her not to allow
the box out of her sight for an instant According
TO the maids account, she never had allowed the
case 10 be OUT of her sight. yet as matter or tac
when poor Alice Wrght-that was the maid name
came to open the jewel-case 1t was empty. one
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drawer in the lower part of the case had been over
looked by the thieves; but the brllliants were
gone. .,..-.,..,o, .tor
black for Alice Wright, and naturally asked how
long she had been IN the family, and what kind OF
character she had brought from her last SITUATION.
"She has been only eighteen months win me-,
rcplled Lady PnkcrtOn " but she came TO me WIN
an excellent character and have every cohh''enSSo
in her She NAV have contributed to the loss oi the
nwels bv her carelessness but will not believe for
an instant that she is guilty of helping to abstract
Them thu, ,r;sod mo
T, was more generous than | had expected IRON
Lady Plnkerton. who had ruck me az beng coid
and self pos ,Sed woman of the world ana could
NOT understand how the diamonds could nave beeh
stolen without the maids connvance. lIeit Lazy
Pinkcron's sittlng-rOom, and asked Tor an inter
vew with the girl Wright | found her quiet
modest-lookInC and really IadylIkc young woman
There were traces OF tears on hor CHECKS, ana she
ire ublcd slightly, but that was only natural mo
been long enough IN the police force 10 Know tha' no
nrcsumption either of guilt or innocence can be III
frrred from such signs as these. -,
Now Pm going to ask Won q Few questions,
said as fine girl seated herself opposite me- ana
you'll answer them or not Just rs Nou thlnk nt. IL
yw"uid he no Kindness to conceal from YOU that a
certain suspicion attaches to you in connection
with this affair aud therefore IT ~ my duty to eau
ton Won. If you are innocent thhk your ocSV
pIan viii be to answer frankly
The pirl merely bowed her he1d by way OF reply,
and proceeded 70 puf my first question: -,
You BROUGHT Lady Plnkcrton's jewel-case with
Won from l.OndOnI
Il did,
The whole way
The whole way.
when Won cot into the railway carriage, where
did YOU put II no.. o,,s, fauna vos
leaning nv cibOw upon II nearly All the way n,
How many people were there IN the carriage
~ good many AZ iirsi-scyen, thlnk. when we
starlcd-but most of tlcm LETT the tfalh al leler-
borough and the place We stopped at next alter
"Whrn Won got TO York how many were in the
compartment besides you;Scllf
tIrco- an cidcrly man and his wife, and one
Young gentleman.
And after York =
York; =,
And the Young ccntlcmanr
" lie was going 20 Edinburgh he said
so you aud hc travelled alone from YORK TO
Ncwcastlcr
'Ccrfainiy not By the way, what did Won do
with tnc irwrl-ra,e " ncl YOU got on N York =
II never ct out At York.. answered the girl
rather sharply.
81 never lcf, the carriage. and might almost
say never had my hand or my bow Oh me boN
frnp, the time We left London TIL we got 10 New
castle. At %c"cast.c SIR AlSernonS carriage i"et
Ms"
felt considerably nonplusscd. hut concealed my
thoughts AMI put iny next question WIN an easy
4, the young gentleman and you were left
alone together suppose 10" n"rloiincd various Ut
tic acts OF p0utonc,s tor you
- He got nic a cup of coffee at York, answered
the girl readily
DO You know his namcf
"Or ms husincss1'
"No IT, was quite stranger to ne"
You talkcd together a good dealf
"lca = good deal
ANA YOU told INN who Won we've, aud who was
in the next compai tmenti
NO. indeed
"Drl You ,ay or hint that yaluabcs were en-
trusted 10 yoI r
Never; am certain Of it
After YOU had the coffee did ven fall asleep ?"
After we lcft York remember closing my eyes,
but did not fall asleep And had my elbow on
You d, I'd, then. or at least rested with your
eyes shut am not blaming You. II was very nat
urll on long nigltIourney-til you got to New
"No: till we got 10 Darlington"
"DId Won feel very heavy and sleepy thcnY'
Not NOR. So than usual after night journey
"Onc mere question. This young man-wOuld
you know bun again What wax he likep
"Tall and far with slight whSkers and mus
tnchc He wore a dlrK-gray ovcrcoat should
know HIM again IN 4 moment
Here nv examination ended. Already had
formed a theory on the subject. Alice Wright, |
fancieI was innocent. Her quiet, composed man
ncr had impressed me IN SPIKE OF myself My be-
hcf was that the, 70 ne Young gentleman va" S.
kcrton from her house IN London that be had
guessed 1T the nature 81 the receptacle which She
maid was guarding 50 iealously that the coffee he
had brought her was drugoed $50 that, instead of
hcinp m n half dozc she had been in deep sleep
between York and Darling on, aud that the jewel.
case had been opened with a plck-Ock, robbed and
Chased again while she was sleeping.
Next morning Lord pmkerton arrived at the
castle and suggested that II reward should he
offered Tor the recovery Of tho diamonds or for in
formation. To my surprise the vlscount seemed
unwilling to offer IA substantial reward argued
that large rewards only tempted thieves to com
nif fresh rcDbcrcs. and ended by positively re-
fuslng 10 offer larger sum than fifty pounds
for the recovery of iho jewels. c0u-
cIuded that his lordship inclined to
he stingy and atterward learned that he
was IN fact notorious nlscr In his
Younger days ne had been very extravagant, but
1Loui TWO wears aver his marriage he had come
INF pnsseSslon of large fortune on the death of a
rciatl7c; and the effect of his good luck was that
he developed. very mich to lady Plnkertons dis
gurt. strong misery tendencies
My next care was to make a rough drawing of
the missing jewels from Lady Pinkerton's descrIp-
tion NV sketch was not by any means 80 accurate
os | coud have wished, as her ladvship's dcScrip-
tIon was rather vague. and she seemed to have no
idea OF drawing. | then arranged with the local